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Bitmovin Player vs NOVA Video Player

Bitmovin Player

bitmovin.com

NOVA Video Player

github.com

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FigureBitmovin PlayerNOVA Video Player
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYes—
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
iOSYes—
AndroidYesYes
APIYes—
Plans published21
Spec score · Video Player Software8.2 (#9)7.3 (#36)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA and Klagenfurt, AustriaFrance
IntegrationsListed integrations include Bitmovin Encoding, Observability and AI Scene Analysis, DRM providers, Google Ad Manager and IMA, Yospace, Elemental MediaTailor, Akamai, Fastly, AWS CloudFront, Conviva, Mux and Nielsen.NOVA supports Trakt for tracking watched content and playback progress, and uses TMDb for media information.
Playback featuresThe player includes adaptive bitrate streaming, subtitles and closed captions, thumbnails, picture-in-picture, fast channel switching, analytics and sub-three-second low latency.The app supports hardware-accelerated decoding, multiple audio and subtitle tracks, subtitle downloads, and manual audio/video synchronization.
SupportBitmovin compares its player offering as including SLAs and support from video experts.The project directs users to its Reddit community for support and also lists an IRC channel for chatting with developers.
What it doesBitmovin Player is an HTML5 video player Web SDK for playback across browsers.NOVA is an open-source video player for Android phones, tablets, and Android TV devices.

Plans

Bitmovin Player

  • CustomPriced on request
  • Pay as you goPrice not published

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NOVA Video Player

  • NOVA Video PlayerFree

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Bitmovin Player

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NOVA Video Player

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